The power of informal leadership: Women leaders in the civil rights movement

Sociological Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-355

  Herda Rapp, Ann ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Fox Valley   (United States)

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EID: 85010584490     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1998.10571113     Document Type: Article

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